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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 09:23 PM
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Plan on removing the EFI tomorrow and seeing if the problem still exist.
Doing a carburetor conversion will for sure let you know if its the EFI. Its gonna blow goats of the problem is there ater throwing a carb on it. Thats a lot of cash to throw at it to see if the EFI is bad.....

If it runs great may as well keep it on.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty Bones
Doing a carburetor conversion will for sure let you know if its the EFI. Its gonna blow goats of the problem is there ater throwing a carb on it. Thats a lot of cash to throw at it to see if the EFI is bad.....

If it runs great may as well keep it on.
Sorry....meant to have said "tuner "
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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Dealer has a week wait until they can fit the bike in for trouble shooting.
Perfect riding weather all week too. Glad I have a dependable metric to ride.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Guzzi
Dealer has a week wait until they can fit the bike in for trouble shooting.
Perfect riding weather all week too. Glad I have a dependable metric to ride.
Well, what is it?

Unless you post a pic we will assume its a 236cc rebel.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty Bones
Well, what is it?

Unless you post a pic we will assume its a 236cc rebel.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty Bones
Well, what is it?

Unless you post a pic we will assume its a 236cc rebel.
Well...what is what?
The metric is a 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 with 48,250 + miles on it.

And don't make fun of my wife's first bike.

Problem on the Sportster 1200 seems to be fixed.
Fuel Moto's Micro EFI Controller has a bayonet type tap which connects to the throttle position sensor wire. Disconnected the sensor wire, stripped back a little insulation, and the problem went away.

When I first saw the Fuel Moto tap connector, thought it may give me problems down the line. Sure enough it did. Time to break out the soldering iron and ditch the connector.

Glad I didn't have to pay a dealer to fix Fuel Moto's engineering problem.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Guzzi
Well...what is what?
The metric is a 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 with 48,250 + miles on it.

And don't make fun of my wife's first bike.

Problem on the Sportster 1200 seems to be fixed.
Fuel Moto's Micro EFI Controller has a bayonet type tap which connects to the throttle position sensor wire. Disconnected the sensor wire, stripped back a little insulation, and the problem went away.

When I first saw the Fuel Moto tap connector, thought it may give me problems down the line. Sure enough it did. Time to break out the soldering iron and ditch the connector.

Glad I didn't have to pay a dealer to fix Fuel Moto's engineering problem.
You were going to ride a girls bike?
 
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Old Oct 15, 2014 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty Bones
You were going to ride a girls bike?
Hell yea I ride a girls bike......I ride a SPORTSTER

Can't get much more girly then that.........but Im sure you can find a way Dusty DickBone.

Now since you don;t have anything constructive to post......stay the **** away from my post.
 
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I still say go for the carb conversion.
 
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I still say go for the carb conversion.
since you don't have anything constructive to post......stay the fvck away from my post
 
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